The Blessing Way : A Leaphorn & Chee Novel (Paperback)

from markatread

This is the first of the books that Tony Hillerman wrote about the Navajo tribal policemen Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee. I read that in an interview Hillerman said he did not necessarily think the Blessing Way was a very good place for people to start reading the series and it is easy to see why he ...

from SoulFlower1981

The mystery aspect of this book was weak in many ways because it felt that he handed us the killer on a silver platter, so there wasn't a lot of guessing as to why the characters were in the dire situations that they found themselves in, but what greatly enhances the rating of this particular boo...

from janoorani24

I always enjoy a good Tony Hillerman novel, and I particularly liked this one. It's one of his earlier ones featuring Joe Leaphorn as a younger man and without the Jim Chee character and all of his problems with women. The descriptions of the Navajo culture are very good in this one, and I loved ...

from ffortsa

Well, this was a treat. I decided to reread my Hillerman before I gave them away, but I didn't have this one, so I downloaded it from the library. And I discovered that I'd never read it before! It's Hillerman's debut Joe Leaphorn mystery. We meet Joe as a young policeman, and several other membe...

from tututhefirst

This was a really good mystery story. It takes place on a Navajo reservation. Joe Leaphorn is a Navajo cop who is able to use his knowledge of ancient traditions and culture to bring people out and gather the information he needs to solve the mystery. The real hero of this one (I'm guessing Joe's...